Women Taking The Lead With Jodi Flynn

I don’t think it will come as a surprise for anyone that in the past year I’ve spent a lot of time contemplating our position as women in the workplace, in the home and in society - more than I ever have in the past. Multiple conversations per week flow into more conversations and more pondering. Sometimes, I admit, I get a little overwhelmed - like I’m trying to crack a code that no one has been able to solve yet. There are many reasons why as women we are faced with bias and some are out of our control. However, what I’ve come to see as the biggest obstacle to our confidence and equal opportunities is ourselves. Collectively, it is our own self-imposed limits that are having the greatest impact on the slow progress we’ve had as women. Stay with me for a bit, Here is a story from my own experience. In grammar school my peers and I were assigned in work groups based on what our ability was believed to be in certain subjects and the teacher taught each group according to this criteria. When I was in the 3rd gr